"Modern
Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan" opens July 3 at the
Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Using the traditional home of
Mongolian nomads as backdrop, the exhibition invites visitors to
experience 20th-century Mongolian life and discover Genghis Khan's
lasting legacy to his people. The exhibition is on view through
Oct. 31.

Exhibition
highlights:

A life-size
early 20th-century ger, a traditional dwelling for nomads
and treasure of the Mongolian people, still home to almost half
of today's Mongolians

Two half-gers showing the changes in lifestyle experienced during the last century

Hands-on
area where visitors can try on an authentic Mongolian robe, touch
a traditional Mongolian saddle, and tug on a real horsehair braided
rope

Film by exhibition
curator Paula Sabloff, presenting the nature of politics and the
cultural lifestyle in modern Mongolia

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online:

"Modern
Mongolia" was organized by the University of Pennsylvania
Museum with the support of the National Museum of Mongolian History,
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Many of the objects and archival photographs
on display are on loan from the National Museum of Mongolian History.
See http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Mongolia/ for additional information.